Museum Provenance

For more than 700 years, Venetian glass has remained unrivaled in artistry, innovation and beauty. This magnificent collection—like treasured mementoes of American sojourns in Italy—celebrates the many fine examples of historic and contemporary Murano glass curated by our National Museum of American History.

Every Smithsonian purchase will arrive with a museum provenance card explaining how it is adapted from or
inspired by an object or objects in our collection.